One of the things I hate about online announcements of art exhibits is that there are often very few examples of the artist's work. I can understand that the art gallery may think that showing the art on the Internet may mean that people won't come see the exhibit in person. I think that this is just plain wrong. Firstly, if I am thousands of miles away from the gallery, I'm not going to be visiting anyway, but I still would like to see some examples of the works. Secondly, if I am considering visiting the gallery, a good online display will encourage me to get on a bus or take my car and pay for admission to the show.
I was not at all familiar with Richard Pettibone's work when I saw a mention of it in the blog for the Art Knowledge News - a good source of art exhibition announcements available either as a newsletter or as a blog - see xml link at the bottom of the left column. The exhibit listed there is at the Laguna Art Museum.
While the Laguna 'current exhibits' page has only a short description of Pettibone's method of working, the exhibit at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College has a longer piece, and a slideshow with eleven images.
The Tang also has a slideshow for the Twice Drawn exhibit with better levels of magnification for the images.
March 31, 2006
Richard Pettibone: A Retrospective
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